De Soto Explorer (Newspaper) - July 22, 2004, De Soto, Kansas JULY 2004 DESOTO EXPLORER PAGE 3 A County Zoning Board recommends quarry permits denial FROM PAGE 1A hour public hearing last month in De The recommendation to deny the permit was approved by a 41 but even William the only vote against the indicated he was troubled by Hunt compliance The 38 stipulations in the permit would adequately protect neigh bors and the he Aside from there was no interest in approving the per mit as recommended by Johnson County interim planning director Dean Palos and zoning coordina tor Paul At the long June 22 public Greeley reluctantly agreed that Hunt Midwest was not in compliance with the recla mation requirements in the quar rys 1991 which he called unspecific and He said the regulations proposed permit did a better job of recognizing the realities of quarry operations and required more enforceable mea sures of Hunt including an annual reclamation It was reported at the meeting that Hunt Midwest agreed to a reclamation performance bond of an At the public Hunt Midwest officials maintained they were reclaiming People thought reclamation meant areas in green space when in fact that was the end result that was recla mation they To get to that final rough land forms were built in an ongoing they That process was far different than that effort outlined in the 1991 Holliday Realistic or Hunt Midwest made a unilateral decision to ignore the earlier reclamation he Were saying were not impressed with follow through as it he I think our con cerns are they just dont have a history of living up to our obliga Holliday made a motion to approve a much amended version of the permit that would have restricted Hunt Midwest from expanding to the south and expire 2006 when the compa ny would have had to seek a new fiveyear permit had it not sought annexation into De Holliday said his proposal would give Hunt Midwest the next 15 months to prove they are good neighbors and do some motion was second ed by James who said he was willing to approve a permit but not one that would allow the quarry to expand to the south or for 10 was the only yes After a short Crowder made her successful Sunflower neighbor and per mit opposition leader Penny Seavertson said she never doubt ed the Board would recommend Hunt Midwest feels they have the right to do anything they please with their no matter how it impacts other property she This attitude is reinforced by the fact that most groups fall prey to their smoke intimidation and erro Tonight the Zoning Board studied the facts and arrived at the right and just Hunt Midwest attorney Larry Winn III said he appreciated the Zoning Board members work on a very difficult But he also expressed hope the County Commission would do more homework during its if the staff is going to give them Zoning Board mem bers that they should Street reopening welcomed by Yummies owners have read he Winn said Hunt Midwest would of course request the County Commission approve the permit despite the tion for The Commission is to consider the measure Its a and this is just part of the he In its going to be a long The neighbors are considering their next step in the The Zoning Boards recommendation doesnt change the number of votes needed to approve the permit on the County A supermajority of five of the Commissions seven members would only be required if neigh bors filed a protest Seavertson said the county legal staff was unclear whether a protest petition could be filed for a recommendation for The County Commission will have three choices next It can accept the Zoning Boards rec approve a or send the matter back to the Zoning Board for Seavertson said the third option was the likely If that is Hie the Zoning Board could approve a permit in the but the neighbors only have 14 days from the first decision to file a she Its very she It seems odd to have to file a protest petition with a but thats what we may have to Seavertson said she hoped the process would be finished some time in Should the County Commission agree to the Zoning Boards a schedule to phase out quarry oper ations would be Palos Win or lose before the Hunt Midwest will pay a fine of and counting for operating and blasting without a said Bob codes enforcement attorney for the Johnson County Legal JONES Penny Henry and her son John Henry scanned the menu Monday at Variety of trying to decide which of their favorites to 1 love the menu Penny said as she read from a list of her Ive been coming here at least once a week since it opened until they tore up the It was her first visit to the restaurant since 83rd Street closed from Shawnee to Ferry streets for major The street was closed off and on in the early spring for work to replace the storm It was closed continually since On the projects con Johnson of laid the final layer of asphalt on the the job was delayed until the afternoon because of early morning The project still isnt City Engineer Mike Brungardt estimated er two weeks of work remained to finish the sidewalks and drive ways on the Variety of Yummies own ers Thomas and Yau said they were seeing a lot of reg ulars for the first time in months since the street reopened Business dropped off 80 percent since the city closed the street in April for the reconstruction despite signs directing wouldbe customers to the they There were few people even though the city put up Thomas They were too hard to Once it got people just gave Each week brought a new promise of progress that was washed out with fresh the Yaus Ive lived in Kansas a long Ive never seen a lot of rainy Hot and dry but this year a lot of Brungardt said he understood and shared the couples frustration over the The weather slowed the but as Mayor Dave Anderson said at a recent Council there were workable days the contractor or subcontractors were Earlier this Brungardt sent a letter to the contracts bond ing Merchants Bonding saying the city would start assessing penal ties for missed Because of the rainy the city extended substantial and final completion deadlines from mid April and until July The penalties for missing both deadlines is a Since that Roger Johnson has taken personal control of the project from his Brungardt He went out of his way to see that our concerns were the city engineer The recent progress has the Yaus in the mood to City promises speedy VFW site review FROM PAGE 1A City Engineer Mike Brungardt and City Attorney Patrick Reavey said they were sympathetic of the plight but couldnt avoid the site plan If there was any way to interpret that in a way that would satisfy the it would be a lot easier for Reavey But there was just no Councilman Tim Maniez suggested the building permit be allowed for the post expansion but that the changes to the including the parking be subject to a site That would allow the post to he Should the site plan process drag the VFW could loss this construc tion he But his four fellow Council members said they had no choice but to revoke the permit because of the legal liability the city would face should a neigh bor file a Brungardt and Reavey said they had been working with the VFW to expedite approval of the site plan with the goal of issuing a new building permit in two The Site Plan Review Committee scheduled a special meeting for The Site Plan Review Committee reviewed the project recommending changes to the new post to make it conform with regulations requiring that 30 percent of the metal buildings facade be cov ered by wood stucco or Landscape changes were also recommend The Planning Commission should consider the project Monday in the form of a devel agreement that estab phased improvements to the parking access road and Reavey If the Council could approve the agreement at its 5 Reavey The VFW wasnt opposed to such a schedule of improve Bedford but he remained concerned the strict city landscaping regulations could delay DE SOTO EXPLORER Your source for local news Call us 5851616 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